One Birmingham City man who has received his fair share of criticism over the course of this current campaign is Welsh winger David Cotterill.

Granted some of that criticism he received was justified because his performances weren’t up to scratch let’s be honest, but having turned things around recently, I still feel he is holding back his best or he may even be being held back.

When the 29-year-old joined the club in 2014, he was one of the stand out players and he has consistently performed since then but this season we have seen a lack of what everyone expects from a stand out winger and that is goals.

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The former Doncaster Rovers wideman has only found the back of the net once this season and that was from the penalty spot against Rotherham United but to improve his form in the squad he needs to bring that cockiness back that was there last season and the season before that.

It is not very often that I encourage a player to continuously try their luck from distance but it is very clear that Cotterill has magic in both feet so he needs to use it.

Although he doesn’t always find the target, eight or nine times out of ten he will always test the goalkeeper and if the likes of Che Adams, Lukas Jutkiewicz and Clayton Donaldson are aware to what he is doing then there could be an extra goal every few games in it for them.

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As a fan, it is always nice to see the ball fly in the back of the net from outside the box but this season Cotterill hasn’t been trying his luck from range and he hasn’t even been cutting in on his left foot, something which I hope he hasn’t been discouraged from doing.

We all know that when Blues have an inform Cotterill playing, we have a player that produces one of the highest number of chances created in the league for other players but that is something that we haven’t been graced with this season.

Blues fans want to be entertained and if Gary Rowett can get Cotterill back to his best, starting against Newcastle United this weekend, then we will certainly be able to continue to push on for what we all want, a place in the top six come the end of the season.